Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 227 I have no skills in picking up girls!
My father-in-law readily agreed to invest.

This is the truth. People may not realize it and think they don't care, but in fact, the essence of all people's thoughts is always to seek benefits and avoid harm. Why do people like to make friends with Cao Yukun? It seems that it is because they admire Cao Yukun's ability, quality, etc., but in fact, in the final analysis, how others are cultivated has little to do with themselves, so why do people like to associate with capable people?

Why is there such a famous saying in history: "I would rather hold the stirrups of a good man's horse than be the ancestor of a bad man"?
To put it bluntly, this is just the most basic logic of seeking benefits and avoiding harm.

Joyoung Electric Appliances will conduct a private placement, and will not issue too many shares to the outside world. For a family like the Guo family, the king of red air shipping, with a total family asset of over 10 billion, even if Cao Yukun's Joyoung Electric Appliances is packaged and given to Guo Hongying for free, how much profit can it bring to him? It is simply irrelevant.

But no one would refuse an asset that has a promising long-term future and promising development, even if it is not much, even if it is essentially irrelevant to the overall situation - not to mention, this is an active gesture of goodwill from the son-in-law.

Joyoung currently has a total share capital of 3500 million shares. Cao Yukun plans to issue a private placement to Hongkong this time. In essence, this is a profit sharing with Hongkong's friendly forces, and through this, the relationship between them will become closer. But he will never make it too big, or he will lose his absolute control over the company, which would be a joke.

The eldest brother Jin Zhijian took the first portion, and the father-in-law Guo Hongying took the second portion.

This is a done deal.

Then, Guo Hongying hosted a tea party, and Cao Yukun met Xu Youjia and Xu Quanheng, father and son, again.

Strangely enough, Xu Quanheng didn't seem to have any resentment towards his future wife being stolen away by him. When they met, he shook hands as usual and said politely, "Ah Kun, do you have time tomorrow? Let's meet up for tea?"

Tomorrow...actually I have a date.

But Cao Yukun immediately responded, "Okay! You decide the time and place!"

Xu Youjia's expression was complicated, but in the end, he could only sigh, "I've thought about it myself, so it's not surprising! I have raised Ah Qiong since she was a child, like my own daughter. She is a good girl with ambition and ability. It is normal for her to like you, Ah Kun."

"Just pity me! Not only did I lose a good daughter-in-law, but I also lost a good son-in-law."

Seeing that he had said so much, he simply made it clear. Guo Hongying laughed and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, Huiya is so well-behaved, there must be someone more suitable for her!"

What can Cao Yukun say?
Just laughing along the whole time.

Soon they talked about the stock price of Joyoung Electric Appliances. Xu Youjia seemed to have vented his resentment through his words. He looked at Cao Yukun with admiration, "Ah Kun, it's almost quadrupled in less than two days. It's more than six yuan now! Thinking back to two months ago, the market value of Aijia Electric Appliances was only a few million, and there was almost no trading volume! Now it's better, the market value is more than 200 million!"

Cao Yukun said modestly, "Uncle Xu, you are too kind!"

Actually... it's a bit of cheating.

But the stock market is a place that's never rational.

It is true that Cao Yukun sold out his inventory of rice cookers as high as 100,000 units, and it is also true that the revenue for the whole month of October was exceptionally good. But there is some information he did not say, that is, in fact, the revenue for the whole month of October was based on the huge inventory of the original Aijia Electric Appliances!

This impressive revenue does not have any sustainability for the time being.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the next year, when the financial report was released to announce the business performance for the whole of 1992, the sales revenue had only increased from 1600 million to over 2000 million!

For the two months of November and December, the estimated sales volume is only about five to six million!

I want to sell it and I can sell it, but I can’t produce it!

The normal production capacity is 15,000 units per month. Even if the factory is now trying its best to recruit workers and increase production, the production capacity will definitely reach its limit when it slowly climbs to 30,000 units per month.

When the factory was first designed, it was never considered that there would be a need to produce more than 30,000 units a month.

So, in the final analysis, with Joyoung Electric's current foundation, being able to produce 30 to 40 rice cookers a year is already the limit - corresponding to a turnover of to million yuan a year!
If all these basic situations had been made clear to the market in the financial report, the stock price of Joyoung Electric Appliance would never have soared from more than two yuan to more than six yuan.

With a turnover of 15 million yuan a year, the profit is only about million yuan, and it is the long-term estimated performance and profit in the future, which is at best a positive factor and will definitely not have such a big impact on the stock price. Even if it is really realized, even if the bank interest rate is going down and is relatively low now, the market value is only million yuan if the price-earnings ratio is times. But now, after Joyoung Electric's stock price has broken through yuan, its market value has exceeded million yuan!
This is actually cheating.

However, the people of Hongkong do believe this. They have always believed in miracles, geniuses, and myths. Otherwise, the various newspapers yesterday and today would not have praised Cao Yukun so much!
It feels like he is about to be hailed as the "God of Business"!

They believe that if the stock price goes up, it will go up!
If your performance is good and your stock price goes up, that means you are capable!

What's more, Cao Yukun's way of revitalizing the company was not by buying shells, issuing additional shares for exchange, or directly selling assets, which were common among the red-empty shareholders. He actually took over the rice cooker business, the original business of Aijia Electric Appliances, and achieved astonishing results in this field.

So, when the results come out, the stock price will soar, there’s no problem with that!
Even my father-in-law Guo Hongying and wealthy men like Xu Youjia agree with this logic.

"Uncle Xu, if you think highly of Joyoung Electric, how about we cooperate with each other?"

"Oh? Great! How do we cooperate?"

"How about I exchange your shares for the electronics factory that makes circuit boards?"

"Oh, that factory...its performance isn't very good. Would you like to have it?"

"Of course, let's cooperate! The circuit board is also the front end of our rice cooker. If I can take over, I will try to make it. If I can't do it, I will just supply myself!"

“Okay…Okay!”

Xu Youjia looked full of emotion. He turned his head and glanced at his son Xu Quanheng who was sitting next to him. After a moment of silence, he said, "I know a lot about that factory. It's valued at 2500 million. How do you think it is?"

Cao Yukun didn't even think about it and responded directly, "Then I'll give you 4 million shares, is that okay?"

Xu Youjia was stunned for a moment - he knew that he was telling the truth and the offer he gave would only be on the lower side and there was no water in it, but he still prepared himself for Cao Yukun to bargain a little.

Doing business!

After all, the electronics factory had been making losses for more than one or two years, and in fact, it had long been in a marginal position within the group company. The issue of selling the electronics factory had been discussed internally more than once.

Because no one had the confidence to revitalize an electronics factory in Hongkong. If the price was reduced to 20 million, Xu Youjia was sure that it would be approved smoothly at the board meeting.

However, Cao Yukun didn't even show any intention of bargaining.

After getting such a straightforward answer, Xu Youjia couldn't help but turned his head to look at his son again - these two glances made Xu Quanheng a little stunned and confused.

After sighing silently in his heart, Xu Youjia smiled and said, "Deal!"

A business worth more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars was done in a few words, but this made Xu Youjia depressed for several minutes. He just lowered his head to drink tea and refused to talk. But later, as everyone chatted, his interest gradually became high again. He took the initiative to suggest that everyone play golf, and Guo Hongying readily agreed.

There was no choice but Cao Yukun and Xu Quanheng had to accompany them.

So we went to the stadium instead.

Since Cao Yukun didn't know how to do it, Xu Youjia arranged for Xu Quanheng to accompany him and teach him.

This gave the two people room to talk.

Sure enough, after a few swings, Xu Quanheng couldn't wait to turn the topic to Cao Yukun's scandal a few days ago, but what surprised Cao Yukun a little was that he asked how to keep a female star - do it! Although it would take a lot of money to support her, such as a big villa, pocket money, and generous living conditions, but I pick up girls based on my face, right?

How can I teach you this?
Cao Yukun had no choice but to spread his hands, looking embarrassed, "Brother Quanheng, to be honest, I really don't know how to pick up girls! When I interact with girls, I basically don't send flowers, nor do I invite them to candlelight dinners, rarely accompany them shopping, and don't often send gifts... You ask me how to pick up girls, I really don't know how!"

Xu Quanheng didn't believe it, "Then Aqiong, Miss Li, and Miss Zhou..."

Cao Yukun spread his hands again, "I just chatted with them normally, I didn't pick up girls, and then we got together! If you want to talk about skills, I tell you, I really don't have any skills at all!"

Xu Quanheng became unhappy when he heard this.

Cao Yukun hesitated for a few seconds, but ultimately chose not to say some things.

You know, he is a fan of Li Jiaxin! It seems that the embarrassing incident that was reported in the newspapers last time did not really make him give up, and he still wants to pursue Li Jiaxin.

So seeing that he was able to deal with the strong girl Guo Chaoqiong, and successfully took Lai Qingxia and Zhou Aimin into the room, and everyone was actually well-behaved and not making trouble, he thought he had some magic weapon to subdue these female stars - please, you can't persuade them! How to persuade them?

Advise him to stop doing weird things because he's ugly?
Or should I advise him to just be stupid and stop thinking about doing clever things all the time?
Saying this means breaking up the relationship!

But in fact...there is a high probability that Xu Quanheng cannot beat Li Jiaxin!

He is too honest, yet he thinks he is smart.

This kind of people are most likely to be cheated and exploited repeatedly.

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"Hey, honey, that one, I love it so much! Let's go try it?"

Lin Qingkui, who was holding Cao Yukun's arm with one hand and pointing to an ordinary street restaurant on the roadside with the other, looked happy, pure and beautiful beyond words.

Cao Yukun was in a good mood today, so he answered casually, "Okay!"

To pick up girls, to accompany girls!
At 5:30 in the afternoon, the sky was red, the breeze was cool and the weather was pleasant.

In the morning, Cao Yukun played a game of ball with the two old men and negotiated a deal of more than 20 million yuan. At noon, he had a meal with his old friend Sun Shangbin, who had just returned to Hongkong. In the afternoon, he went to Jin Zhijian's place to drink a pot of tea. He opened the cabinet and took out six packs of special cigarettes, which caused Jin Zhijian to laugh and scold. At four o'clock in the afternoon, he was so bored that he even made a special call to Fuping, the capital, and the Magic City to comfort his wife, concubines and lovers.

At five o'clock, I picked up Lin Qingkui and started the date.

This girl is super nice, obedient and weak. She is clingy, blushes, acts like a spoiled child, shouts, pant, cries, and lets herself be manipulated. Her eyes are blurry and she begs for mercy. She also really likes to be spanked, which is very exciting. Cao Yukun almost couldn't help himself several times and wanted to take her to meet Li Qingxia.

Although the old lady is pregnant now and cannot do any serious work, the thought of putting together two faces whose facial features and temperaments are 90% similar but whose ages differ by more than ten years makes Cao Yukun extremely excited - Lin Qingkui will definitely be fine, and the old lady will most likely just protest with her eyes at most. But thinking about it is one thing, but if he really does that, it would be a bit too disrespectful to the old lady.

So, the imagination stage.

Think about it, it’s not against the law.

A restaurant with a slightly shabby facade, but looking through the window, there are quite a few people inside.

Just push the door and go in.

Cao Yukun is basically no longer shy about whatever he does now. Whether he is with Guo Chaoqiong, Lai Qingxia, and Zhou Aimin, the three people in Hongkong who are generally recognized as Mrs. Cao, or with Fang Lijing and Lin Qingkui, he just takes them out on the street openly, no longer afraid of being touched or photographed.

Because now all the media in the red sky will not accept articles about his scandals and gossip.

It’s not that Hongkong people don’t pay attention to his scandals and gossip, but everyone doesn’t want to cause trouble and won’t post them.

It's just an ordinary restaurant, and the things sold inside are basically the same things that can be found in restaurants and street vendors everywhere in the streets and alleys of Hongkong. But Lin Qingkui said that the owner of this restaurant is very good at making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which is super delicious.

He had just graduated from college and had tasted the restaurant once by chance. After that, he came here to eat once or twice every month. It was a little far from where she worked and lived, so it was not convenient to travel back and forth. In addition, the price of each meal was 500 Hong Kong dollars, which she thought was ridiculously expensive.

Well then, let’s try this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

After finding an empty table and sitting down, Cao Yukun was flipping through the menu and ordering food when he suddenly saw Lin Qingkui, who was sitting opposite him, with his eyes lit up. He actually stood up and waved with joy, "Ah Wei!"

(End of this chapter)